And there is our problem – no interfaces are allowed to be set to DHCP if you want to enable HA. I corrected this and then proceeded to configure HA.

FORTIGATE (ha) # set mode a-p FORTIGATE (ha) #

I tested and was also able to set this via the GUI now. First prize would of course be if FortiNet properly handles the error in the GUI, but nice to know that the proper error message is given the CLI.

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This blog serves 2 purposes. Firstly, I want to share information with other IT pros about the technologies we work with and how to solve problems we often face. I work with technologies from the desktop to the data center, Active Directory, System Center, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware, Networking and Storage.

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